Creatures of the Night

By Camilla Bedoyere and Camilla de la Bedoyere

A spectacular collection of animals who are at home in the dark.

Creatures of the Night features more than a dozen extraordinary animals that live in the dark. These are mammals, birds, insects and spiders whose unique physical features help them to survive in the pitch-black darkness of jungles, fields and in the air.

The animals featured include: Aye-aye -- A lifetime spent in rain forest trees where they curl up to sleep during the day Common Glow-worm -- Bioluminescent beetle that doesn't look like a beetle Fungi -- More closely related to animals than plants, fungi "expand" (rather than grow) over a damp night Kinkajou -- Night-roaming cousin of raccoons Mexican Red-kneed Tarantula -- Hunts at night, capturing insects, frogs, lizards and mice Net-casting spider -- A huge pair of forward-facing eyes help it to see at night Railroad worm -- The only animal that is naturally bioluminescent in the red spectrum Vampire bat -- Day-sleepers that hunt during the darkest part of the night.

Intricately drawn artworks give accurate details of each animal's anatomy and behavior, and stunning photographs show how each animal hunts.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1770854592
• ISBN13: 9781770854598
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Firefly Books
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.6" x 11.4"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6